Tips to decorate newborn’s special room

A newborn’s room is special, to say the least. It is a place of love and happiness, baby scents and rocking chairs. There are so many different motifs that can be used that we tend to often spend too much time wondering what the perfect theme will be.

Before the baby is born we don’t even know what its personality is going to be. So how can we create an atmosphere that will be pleasing to the little munchkin? It really comes down to what Mom and Dad like because, after all, an infant isn’t quite ready to make design decisions quite yet. So let’s explore some of the possibilities.

Pastels or Primaries?

Pastels or primary colors? Tough choice to make! Will the baby be calmer and more peaceful with pastels? Yes. Will the baby’s brain be better stimulated with primary colors? Yes. OK, so what’s a parent to do? Choose what fits their personality best.

Let’s start with yellow since it goes with either the pastel or primary motif. First thing to keep in mind is don’t overdo this color. Scientists and psychiatrists have proven that a mostly yellow room tends to make the baby cry more. Yellow, though a happy color, makes a person edgy when exposed to it for a long time. Yellow as an accent works just fine. Yellow watered down with a lot of white, is fine, too, if other colors such as blue are intermixed in the scheme.

What about Red?

What about red? Great baby brain stimulator, say the psychiatrists. But here again, too much of a good thing could be bad. A mobile with red in it might be all that is needed. Some red balls, flowers or balloons painted on the walls would be fine, too.

Blue seems to be the best of both worlds. It can be used in the pastel motif as well as the primary. And this color is comforting all around.

Sky Blue Walls?

Painting the walls with sky blue and white clouds is a restful and interesting scheme. The sky with clouds could be used on the upper part of the wall. Below, around some or all of the lower parts of the wall, you could add a picket fence. With that type of decoration, any theme will fit in as far as blankets, wallpaper border and window treatment fabrics are concerned. A nice tie-in to the window treatment fabric would be a canopy of the same material over the crib.

Another nurturing room would consist of white walls with white linens on the crib. Combine that with natural wood tones such as a natural wicker bassinet and natural oak colored furniture. The window could be covered with natural wood colored blinds.